Apparatus for projecting images on screens.



G. P. DE SORIA. APPAEATUS EOE PROJEGTING IMAGES 0N SCREENS;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1908.

Patented June 1,1909.

am am if To all whom it may concern.'

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CHARLES F. DE SORIA., OF NEW YORK, N; Y,

APPARATUS FOR vl'lltfdCIJINGr IMAGES ON SCREENS.

f ANo. 923,209.

f Be it known that I, CHARLES F. DE SORIA, citizen of thc United. States, and resident of yN ew York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus Afor' Projecting Images on Screens, of which the Afr )llowing is a specification.

This invention relates to apparatus for projecting images upon screens, the purpose ol'fmanu `acture and convenient of operation, by which certain illusory stage effects may be produced .by the use of human or other living objects.

tural features hereinafter described and articularly pointed out in the appended claims. In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a sectional view illustrating my invention, and Fig. 2 is a plan View of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.

rReferring to the drawings, in which similarl reference characters denote corresponding parts inthe several figures, 1 denotes broadly a chamberl closed on all sides and comprising two end frames 2 and 3, connected together by bellows-like walls 4 whereby said chamber may be lengthenedor shortened, the end frames being mounted on rollers 10 to facilitate handling. End frame y 3 is fitted with a lens 5 carried b tube 5a -the living object A'may be thrust.

which is adjustable in a horizonta plane to and from an opening 6 in'said'frame; the

tube bein` slidable upon the rods 5b and be` ing provi ed with an extensible or bellows-` -like portion 5.

. The cover or roof Aof the chamber 1 is a flat platform 7 provided with an opening 8 througlrwhic i the head or other members of Platn form 7 may be permanently secured to the 1 body 1, or, may be detachable, as shown.

9 denotes a screw u on which one endof the platform rests an by which said platform may be `adjusted vertically, the other' end of the platform moving on the upper edge of the end frame 3 as a fulcrum.

15,' rdenotes a source of light, .preferably stron yelectric lam s which are located interior yof the cham er l and adapted to illu- Specfication of Letters Patent.-

Application filed May 9, 1908. Serial No. L131,812.

Patented June 1, 1909.

agonally across the chamber l, as indicated in Fig. 2, so that a subject A in the position shown in. Fig. 1 will not receive them directly in the eyes. This arrangement, however, is notan essential feature of the invention and the lights may be disposed in any other c`onvenient manner.

denotes a screen of cloth, gauze, glass, or other material adapted to receive an image of whatever maybe inserted into the opening 8, said image appearing on the screen in reversed position. An inverted object will appear right side up on the screen.

42 denotes a cloth to cover the figure or object A so that no light rays may escape from the chamber except through the lens 5; and denotes a transparent plate of colored material which -may be introduced between the lights 15 and the object A.

My invention admits of many and varied uses, such., for instance, as the illusion of bodies floating in air; ghostly effects by throw? ing the' image on transparent screens; the effect of bringing pictures or statues to life by making the image of a living object a part Qt a p'aintcd scene, and other uses too numerous to be mentioned herein, but which will be obvious to those familiar with stage settings and effects.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is 1 In apparatus of the character described, the combination of a closed portable cham; ber, `means for illuminating the interior thereof, a platform for supporting an object openingfor supporting the rest of the body Yorkond State of ew York tlle 39th day ol outside of said chamber, andla, lens located April A. D. NGS. at one end of said ohamloand @adapted to project upon a screen an inverted image of w 5 that portion ofsaid body that is exposed VtHeSSeS:

Within said lchamber. WALDO M GHAPN: Signed at New York, in thecounty of New l Jmms D. ANTON lo.

CHAR ES F 

